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THE OMAHA DAILY I1EE: SUNDAY, MAIICII 2, 1002. 15 i MANLY ART" IN CONGRESS Hotable Exhibition! of Thuggery Preceding the Bouth Carolina Affair, i . ASSAULTS AND THRILLING EPISODES Brief Review of scraps- Eveata la CooirfM, the ( aaae a -4 the Oateome Ilamoroaa Side Llsats. The exchange of fletlc argument by Sena tor Tillman and McLaurin of Bouth Caro lina has naturally wrenched the dignity of the senate and shocked the country at large. A search of the record! of the upper house affords no precedent for the en counter, inasmuch as it occurred during the session of the senate. There have been several notable personal encounters be tween senators in years gone by, but In each Instance they occurred during ad journment or outside the senate chamber. Consequently the Tlllrnan-McLaurin brawl establishes a new precedent. Of previous affairs of the kind the most notable was the assault upon Charles Sum ner by Preston Brooks, May 22, 185$. No act so thoroughly aroused long-conoealed resentments. Charles Sumner, as senator from Massachusetts, In 1856 had made a aarcastlo speech against slavery in the new state of Kansas, then knocking for admis sion to the union; Part of Sumner's speech tore Into bits the speech of Senator Butler, a South Carolina member, and ths southern members of congress were terribly excited. Preston Brooks, a member of the house and a nephew of Butler, cam, into the senate after adjournment. With him wae I M. Kettt of the same state. A Cowardly Asaaalf. Sumner was sitting at his desk Intent on Some work before him when Brooks came up and said: "Senator Sumner, you have libeled my state and slandered my relative. who la aged and absent. I feel It to be my duty to punish you." Brooks made a period tor this sentence by striking Sumner over the head with a heavy cane. Blow after blow, with all the force of an enraged and brutal man, descended upon the bare head and neck of the senator. In vain he tried to rise and In his frenzy he wrenched the desk from Us Iron fastenings In the floor. He had no chance against such a terrible rain of savage blows and fell unconscious from his seat covered with blood and (ashed In a dozen or more places. Brooks was a man of great physical strength and he struck with murderous force every time the cane fell upon the defenseless victim's head. No one could Interfere with Brooks. He had come in a cowardly fashion, attended - by two friends Keltt and Edmondson who kept everybody away while Brooks waa do lng the "brave" and "chivalrous" act of assaulting a man who could not defend himself. Senator Morgan finally got to Sumner and lifted him up. Senator Murray the one In which Benton and Foote figured 1 In 1850. It was ths nearest approach to a tragedy in ths senate. Senator Foote of Mississippi had In the most Intemperate language attacked the motives of northern senators In their policy toward ttao south. Later a newspaper article appeared con taining personal references to Benton, which Benton claimed Foote had supervised snd spproved. Benton rose to apeak to a ques tion of personal privilege.' In the midst of this debate Senator Foote Interrupted the senator from . Missouri and for the time bad th door. While be was making some reference to Benton the latter walked excitedly toward him. The report of the affair Is very explicit In stat ing that Senator Benton was unarmed. He made no sign of being about to maka an assault, but his angry face alarmed the senator from Mississippi. Senator Foote started to run away and Senator Benton in cresaed . his speed. As Benton cams after him Foote hurried along and drew a fire chambered revolver aa he ran. Benton was In full chase. He did not see the weapon, but was apparently very anxious to over take Foote. Senator Dodge of Wisconsin reached Benton and begged of him for Ood's sake to do nothing which would compro mise him with the senate. Benton was finally persuaded to turn and retrace his steps. He looked over his shoulder and caught the first sight of the senator from Mississippi with the revolver In his hand. This aroused him to a frenzy of despera tion. He broke away from Dodge and rushed back at Foote. He stopped within a few feet of him. Tearing open his waist coat and his shirt, he bared his breast to the Mississippi senator, who wsa brandish ing the revolver aa he turned when he saw that he could run no farther. Benton stood within a few feet of him and, with his naked bosom aa a target dra matically cried to Foote: I am not armed. I have no pistol. I disdain to carry fire arms. Let him fire. Stand out of the way and let the assassin fire." Aa may be imagined there waa a scene of the most Intense excitement in the old senate, now the chamber of the hall of Justice of the United States supreme court. Cowering at the front of the president's desk was the thoroughly frightened Foote. Towering over him was the gigantic Ben ton. Slowly Foote wilted. He sank Into a chair and finally Dickinson of New ToA took the revolver from him. A senate committee Investigated ths mat ter and did not require the belligerent to apologize. 1 Scraps la tbe Hone. Instances of personal combats In the house of representatives ars numerous. Back In the '40s, when Henry Wise of Virgkhla was always anxious to get others Into a fight, Dick Blddle, a new Pennsylvania member. presented some petitions from his Quaker constituents. When the petitions were read by the clerk 'the southern members were terribly pained because of the bitter de nunclatlon of slavery in which the God fearing Quakers had Indulged. Glasscock of Georgia, a slaveholder, took occasion to make a bitter speech, reviling not only the grabbed Brooks, who. when grappled by Quakers, but the congissman who had "lm- men on their feet who could offer defense, was as meek as a whipped cur. Crittenden, from the south, ventured to condemn tba outrage. The floor of the senate was a pool of blood where Sumner lay and the adjoining posed such stuff upon the house." Glass cock became so bitter In his speech that he was called to order, "Oh, no; let him go on," said Blddle. 'Let him say what he chooses. I only desire the privilege of a reply, but I will desks of other senators were spattered with i . . ,. V - -n vi . k i v. t outside of the house aa well aa In It If I aasaulted senator. For months Mr. Sumner u confined to his room In great suffering. At first his physicians said he could not re cover and the most painful and heroic methods known to surgery were necessary to prolong his life. The cuts made by the srutta percha cane developed Into ulcers. the glands of the neck were terribly swollen end erysipelas set In, to ths great con sternation Of "the surgeons. - It Was not un til 1859 that Senator Sumner waa able to resume his duties. The outrage caused a great storm of In dignation and denunciation In the north. but only rejoicing In the south. Brooks was called to account by the house and. after long Investigation, an attempt waa made to expel him, but It failed of two thirds majority. However, his disgrace was sufficient, as 121 members voted to expel Brooks resigned. On his return to South Carolina banquets and publlo ovations were given In his honor. That diseased sentl ment which showers bouquets upon a mur derer waa active toward Brooks and he was, of course, "vindicated" by unanimous re election. - But his success was soon over, As If in fearful retribution the finger of God smote htm a few months later, and In January, 1857, he died. A disease of the throat attacked him and in hie agony he tried to tear open his throat with his own fingers that he might escape the horrors of strangulation. No wretch upon the scaffold ever suffered as much as did this man, whose victim wss even then hovering between life and death In Washington. Senator Butler died four find It necessary." This waa said so coolly that Glasscock abruptly declined to continue his harangue and gladly let the matter drop. Some one had slipped him word that Blddle waa a fighter and could not be cowed by southern chivalry. Henry A. Wise, always dabbling and meddling, came around and made the remark: "What a d d foot Glasscock Is to pick a quarrel with Blddle. I know, the Blddle family and there is not one of them who would not fight up to his knees In blood." Wlsa and his friend, Bynum of North Carolina, who were active In the Graves CUley duel, were themselves always In some personal quarrel with northern mem bers and alwaya went armed. They were also always practicing with pistols, rifles and swords so as to be ready for a duel. Finally Bynum and Jenifer of Maryland had a few warm words In the house during an acrimonious debate and arranged to meet at Bladensburg. Pickens, who waa after ward minister to Russia, was a witness of this remarkable duel and declared that both men shot enough boughs from the trees to make up a nice litter, should one have been necessary. A Dael teat Failed. Congressmen T. H. Bayley and Garrett Davla almost came to blows In the house during an exciting session, and In those dsys of depraved publlo sentiment no course seemed enen but to fight a duel. While the arrangements were being made John M Botts, ancestor of the famous Dink Botts, came to town and made a bet of $100 to $10 that Bayley would not fight, because the months later. Keltt. who had been one of I ponct WOuld arrest him. the ' conspirators, lost his life fighting against the union and history has never given to any of the coterie aa enviable place. Sumner lived until 1874 and waa a power In the councils of ths nation throughout the years of war and recon struction. For twenty-four years ha was senator from Massachusetts and. in point of consecutive service, wsa "father of the senate.'? The most dramatic of senate episodes was Sure enough, Bayley's wife heard of the preparations and Invoked police aid to keep her husband from risking his life, Botts won his bet, and It may be that he fur nished the Information to the wife. Bayley was put under bond to keep the peace and the quarrel was made up without bloodshed. Cllngman of North Carolina and the old hot-head orator, Yancey of Alabama, had a personal collision In ths house long be fore the war and agreed to fight It out on the outside according to the ,' code, but friends Interfered to make a reconciliation. Henry A. Wise did finally get Into a rough and tumble fight on the floor of the house with a member named Stanley. They struck at each other with the bare fists snd were soon wrapped up with each other like the Kilkenny cats. Governor Gilmer of Virginia, who waa afterward in Tyler's cabinet, yelled for order, which only put the house In a further uproar. In a tntnote there waa a general riot and everybody seemed anxious to either take a hand or get out of ths building. Gilmer tried to separate the chief com batants by jumping on a desk above them and then jumping down upon their backs as they "" struggled in the aisle. General Dawson of Louisiana thought to make merry by pulling a big bowle knife from the back of his neck, where he had long carried It in anticipation of an attack. General Butler didn't know just what side he waa fighting on, but decided that hs had to fight somebody, and turned on Arnold, an inoffensive member from Tennessee. Ar nold had said nothing and waa enjoying the fun when Butler began choking him In a death grip. Big, burly Dixon Lewis of Alabama was quietly reading at hla desk when he saw the choking of Arnold, and at once grabbed them both. Lewis waa a man of wonder ful strength and he held both men apart at arms' length In a terrible grip and then demanded: "What In h 11 Is all thla about?" When order waa restored no one knew just what the fuss was about and there waa no duel, as the affair had developed eo many ridiculous features. During the twenty-eighth congress Speaker White and Congressman Rathbun had a few words which led to an exchange of blowa, and when other members were trying to break them apart a crazy man outside fired a platol. Then there was In tense excitement. Members of congress were generally armed in those days and the report spread that one of the fighting con gressmen had drawn a platol. Several old- fashioned revolvers smelted the atmosphere for a few moments, until the real shooter was detected and hustled away to prison. A GeaeraJ Mlxap. During the discussion of the Kansas trou bles in the house near the time of the as sault on Sumner Congressman Keltt figured In another personal encounter. It was after a midnight session that Grow of Pennsylvania, a member of the present house, visited the democrat io side of the house to confer with some friends. Keltt objected to Grow's presence on the demo cratic or South Carolina corner and re marked, "Go back to your own aide of the hall." This angered Grow, who. replied "This hall Is free to any member and will stay where I please." Keltt got up, came up close to Grow and demanded: "What do you mean by such an answer." - Grow repeated bis remark and Keltt re plied: "You are a black republican puppy." "Never mind," said Grow. "I shall oc cupy whatever place I please In thla hall and no negro driver shall crack his whip over me. , The talk could not but bring about an encounter. Keltt grabbed for Grow'a throat like an Infuriated bloodhound. Grow waa a young man then, and he struck Keitt In- the face. The southern members rushed to Keitt's assistance, and both Washburne brothers came to 'help Grow. There was the liveliest kind of a rumpus for several minutes, and several blows were struck which were not soon forgotten. Barksdale of Mississippi, who wanted to be peace maker, was misunderstood and received a glow from Potter, a friend of Grow. Then Barksdale, thinking that Ellhu Washburne was the aggressor, turned and gave Ellhu fearful blow. Cadwallader Washburne came to the rescue of his brother and gave Barksdale a few blows, one of which knocked off his wig. ' Barksdale hastily put It on again, wrong side foremost, and. ths .W l . .... I . Jl . I . . 1 a. Li. wuvtv uivnK uguuug i uausa at, Uln odd appearance. Thla broke .up the rum pus in fairly good humor. Afterward Oa- j lusha Grow was invited to fight a duel by Congressman Branch of North Carolina. Some warm words had passed In debate and Branch wanted to fight with pistols. When he failed to maintain himself with real argument oa the floor of the house Grow replied to the challenge, declining to fight a duel, which waa against the law and a crime. Branch did not press the matter and there waa no further attempt to force Grow into mortal combat. There have probablvxtSeen nearly a acore of physical encounters in the house In the last thirty years. To recur . only to the more recent ones, there was the affair when Samuel J. Randall of Pennsylvania struck a fellow member, and another when Colonel W. R. Morrison pulled an oppo nent's whiskers. During the Fiftieth con gress Johnson of Indiana and Turpi n of Alabama struck at each other several times, and there waa a grand melee. In the Fifty- first congress Wilson of Washington struck Burgan of New Jersey. In the Fifty-third congress, as lately aa 1895, Breckinridge of Kentucky assaulted Heard of Missouri on the floor because Heard called him a liar. 81nce then the only lively episode In congress was the battle between Mr. Money of Mississippi and Mr. Hall of Missouri. In which they threw Inkstands at each other, Mr. Money receiving a wound in the head that had to be aewed up. But that took place In a committee room. rrmlTmmmmmmwwnwrir .a as uasuuu uuuuiAji a. uutiiiU as uuuuuuu as as as as uuuVuu i nTt a era. jr fft . sT B"se jiSavinjs- gun UJ M, L U 11 L M TO Lb aTa mil Car ts) o 8 ZZ m A Dni VP M nvR into nr n itPNNCT'r niTir nivn tiicxctSMTti a air. riniTni tvcwiin mZ A'mxaw n a-nv e 4 ntravr vu l aarei a a a uuii4UIHU 111 liUU Xa.ils-' VAt IJUK ATUilUb et.-V Such values nevsr before offered in Omaha. 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There are many physical disturbance of the bodily functions con nected with the change from maidenhead to womanhood, and the health and wholesome life not only of the bride, the new wife and prospective mother, but that of the new generation that is to be, depend epon keeping all operation, of the digestive canal re gular an d natural with Cascareta Candy Cathartic, the only modicine that will do it gently yet surely without grip or gripe. a Best for the Bowais. jiii arugsisrs, "?1 Iri A " CUMAJs) " bulk. Th. tuin. tablet sumpe C. Ouar VrV VeVtJ ,n,d to cur or your money back. Sample and booklet free. Address fttsrUog Remedy Co., Chicago or . . aa i iMh n..,.Mii wivet-lf and tbev are fine. I also have been (trios tboai my children with bent reeulu." Mr. Darts, 41 X. Capitol St., Wasbin(Va. "Caacareta are ths bait medlelne I eeer eried. 1 casaot be too grateful for them." -Mrs. Ella Bandera, Fox, Mo. I was for a Ions time troubled with son. attpatlon and eatanh of the throat. Ant now urine Caseareta with rood results ana am tatliffed I will be entirely eud.''-M re. H. F. Yeoman.tUCbamplainAre.,Chleeo. I have sled Caaearete an mart say they are wonderful. I reoommend them to ail nay lady friends." Mrs. Elizabeth M.LaPell, Council Deputy, Elactrio City Council No. 25, Americavni Fraternal Insurance Union. lHE opportunity for women to achieve success in business or professional life today is very much greater than I ever before. Only a few years ago women's ; activities were confined almost entirely to their home and social life. They seldom attempted to go out into the business world to vie with men in the fight for their daily bread and to make a name. But during tbe past twenty years women have gained great succeai in business and have become famous in the practice of law and'medicine and in other professions. No newspaper is complete without women reporters and every large office has women clerks and bookkeepers. A noticeably successful life is that of Mrs Elirabeth M. LaPell, of Buffalo, N. T.t who is the presiding officer of one of the largest branches of the American Fraternal Insu rance Union, an organization v which pays out every year thousands of dollars in ben efits to its members. Mrs. LaPell ia a far seeing woman. She must be, to direct the affairs of her council in a successful man- t ner. But she, like thousands of her sisters, failed to look after her health. She did not realize that a fall from a misstep could result in much serious trouble years after wards. Women in business life are too apt to forget the little personal attentions they actually owe themselves. The men strual period is looked upon by them as an unnecessary handicap a troublesome mis- fortune of their sex. Instead of a health- giving relief it is regarded as an unwel come ordeal.' Mrs. LaPell ' story can best be told by her letter. "Two years ago a fall from a rnhstep caused falling of ths womb. I paid little atten tion to its taking no treatment until after four months, when the pain bffsme so severe I had to do something to get relief. McElrcc'i Wine of Cardul I had noticed advertised for my trouble and decided to try it and sought a bottle. After using it but a week I could feel the pain diminishing, and after five weeks' faithful use I wss perfectly well ones more. " My general health was also much im proved, in fact I have never felt better than this Last year." . If Mrs. LaPell had used the same fore thought in regard to health as she did in her business she would not have been in that serious state in which she was when she took Wine of Cardul for relief. Ber fall injured the delicate ligaments which hold the womb in place and brought on those terrible bearing down pains so many women have suffered. As the days went by the trouble got worse and finally the pain was so great she could not bear it and she was compelled to seek relief. She made op her mind to act to do some this a and her good judgment guided her to the right course. This decision the promptness and wisdom of it saved her life. She saw Wine of Cardui advertised. She saw that the relief was simple. She took Wine of Cardui and she is a cured ' woman today, giving her work ths best ef her strength and talents instead of giving up and going down to an invalid '1 grave after terrible torture and suffering. Thou sands of women have had Wine of Cardui brought to their attention just as Mrs. La Pell had it brought to hers. Some have taken the Wine and are enjoying health the same as she, while others neglected the , warning and have gone down many to premature graves. Choose for yourself, ; You may have health as Mrs. LaPell ha it. ' For advice and literature address, giving symptoms, The Ladies' Advisory Depart ment, Ths Chattanooga Medicine Com pany, Chattanooga, Tenn. All druggists sell Wine of Cardui. WINE OF CARDUI RELIEVES ALL -FEMALE ILLS". 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